2001 Ford Focus Owner Guide 4th Printing - Page 121

Seating and safety restraints Attaching child safety seats with LATCH attachments Some child seat manufacturers make safety seats that are labeled as LATCH or LATCHĆcompatible child seats. These seats include two rigid or webbing mounted attachments that connect to two LATCH anchors at specific seating positions in your vehicle. This type of child seat eliminates the need to use seat belts to attach the child seat. for forwardĆfacing child seats, the tether strap must also be attached to a proper tether anchor point. For information on using tether straps with the child safety seats, refer to Attaching safety seats with tether straps in this chapter. LATCH lower anchors have been provided in your vehicle at the following locations: The anchors at the center of the rear seat are much further apart than the sets of lower anchors for child seat installation at other seating positions. A child seat with rigid LATCH attachments cannot be installed at this seating position. LATCH compatible child seats (with attachments on belt webbing) can be used at this seating position only if the child seat instructions state that the child seat can be installed to anchors that are 450 mm apart. Do not attach a child seat to any lower anchor if an adjacent child seat is attached to that anchor. 121